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Calgary neighbourhoods evacuated as floods hit western Canada
2013-06-21 15:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Water levels from heavy flooding in western Canada were expected to peak around noon on Friday, possibly forcing as many as 100,000 people from their homes, officials said. On Thursday, torrential rain and widespread flooding throughout southern Alberta forced the closure of the Trans-Canada Highway and isolated the mountain resort towns of Banff and Canmore. The flooding washed out roads and bridges, left at least one person missing and caused cars, couches and refrigerators to float away. Communities...
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Air NZ Flight Evacuated Over Deicing Fumes
2013-05-31 10:35:01| Airlines - Topix.net
Passenger Stuart Reilly tweeted that he was not impressed: "Just been kicked off air nz flight chch to ack, thy sprayed plane with de icer which filled plane with fumes, awesome work NOT." Passenger Stuart Reilly tweeted that he was not impressed: "Just been kicked off air nz flight chch to ack, thy sprayed plane with de icer which filled plane ... (more)
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Arctic base evacuated as ice dissolves beneath researchers feet
2013-05-24 21:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Though it carries major supervillain cred, placing a scientific research station atop an Arctic ice floe in an era of global warming is a dicey proposition - even for the Russians. North Pole 40, a Russian science station that monitors pollution and conducts meteorological research, began operating in October on an Arctic ice floe. The Russians have been deploying research stations to drifting ice floes for more than 70 years, and North Pole 40 is their 40th such station. But they don`t make...
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Streets evacuated after gas main ruptures
2013-05-22 12:46:43| IT Services - Topix.net
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services is at the scene and says it is considering evacuating a local school.
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California wildfires strengthened by winds as hundreds are evacuated
2013-05-03 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A fierce, wind-whipped brush fire spread on Friday along the California coast northwest of Los Angeles, threatening several thousand homes and a military base as more than 1,100 dwellings were ordered evacuated and a university campus was closed. A force of more than 900 firefighters had managed by daybreak to carve containment lines around about 10% of the perimeter of the inferno, which has scorched some 10,000 acres of dry, dense brush and chaparral since erupting on Thursday morning. Several...
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